MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
online learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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